University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe Resigns

University of Missouri officials say the football team will resume its regular activities following the resignation of the university system president.

Head football coach Gary Pinkel says the team will resume practicing Tuesday, as it typically does.

President Tim Wolfe said his resignation was effective immediately. He made the announcement at the start of what had been expected to be a long closed-door meeting of the school's governing board. He largely pre-empted that session in a halting statement that was simultaneously apologetic, clumsy and defiant.

"This is not the way change comes about," he said, alluding to recent protests. "We stopped listening to each other."

The announcement came hours after Wolfe said he was stepping down amid criticism over his administration's handling of racial issues.

Black student groups that complained for months about Wolfe's leadership got a big boost over the weekend when 30 black football players said they wouldn't take part in team activities until Wolfe was gone.

Pinkel sent a tweet of support for his protesting players on Sunday.